The Order of Glory was instituted at the end of 1943 and was the highest soldiery award. There are significantly fewer full cavaliers of the Order of Glory (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Classes) than Heroes of the Soviet Union. Only four persons were awarded both the Gold Star and the Order of Glory of all three classes.
Andrey Alyoshin (1905–1974) was a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a gun commander, a Guard senior sergeant, a Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory, a Hero of the Soviet Union.
During the Great Patriotic War, he defended the approaches to Moscow and participated in the battles for the cities of Seredyna-Buda, Mendzy-Podlyaski, Dandsburg (now Ventsbrook, Poland), Szczecin, and many other battles. For his military achievements, he was awarded three Orders of Glory at various times. In 1945, he was demobilized. He lived in the village of Popelevo in the Kozelsk District of the Kaluga Region and worked as a chief accountant at the Krasny Plodovod state farm.
He was also awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, and many medals.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Andrey Alyoshin, a Hero of the Soviet Union, a Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory, against the backdrop of a battle scene reflecting the hero's kind of activity, a Gold Star medal, and Orders of Glory of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Classes.
Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 12¼:12 |
42 × 30 mm |
20 thousand stamps |